Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Albert Jones*	Every Little Thing That I Do	The Facts of Life	03:20
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Jonathan Edwards	Let the Rough Side Drag	Sailboat	03:00
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Cal* Bostic	In Love Again (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Ellen McIlwaine	The Last Good Man in My Life	Ellen McIlwaine	03:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Verkhovyna Our Liitle World	Ukrainian Pops	04:23
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Dils*	Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit)	Made In Canada	03:26
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Ellen McIlwaine	In My Time of Dying	Fear Itself	08:48
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Jonathan Edwards	Blow On Chilly Wind	Sailboat	03:17
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Matt Lucas*	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Man From Athabaska	War War War	06:29
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Matt Lucas*	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Alpha Centauri	Love is a Curse	ST	06:19
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Jack Holland	The Time Or the Place	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:46
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Matt Lucas*	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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